The Dominion Post Editorial Board recently had the pleasure of interviewing candidates for Monongalia County and Preston County boards of education. We would like to thank all the candidates who […]
Tag: Monongalia County Board of Education
Mon BOE candidates talk issues with newspaper’s editorial board
NOTE: This story has been updated to reflect that Jennifer Hagerty, a candidate for Monongalia County Board of Education, wants to see more relevant professional development opportunities for educators — […]
Former Mon BOE president gives failing grade to partisan school board election proposal
People elected to their county school boards across West Virginia already have a list of on-the-record mandates to which they must abide. Such as not pushing for family or friends […]
Out with the bad air: Mon Schools discusses COVID guidance in its buildings for new year
MORGANTOWN — Monongalia County’s school district wants to clear the air for 2022. Or at least help students and teachers coexist with it better during these pandemic days. The district […]
Harvey’s light of learning glows on
MORGANTOWN — Clarence Harvey Jr., the longtime Monongalia County educator and school board member who died last week at the age of 95, was fluent in the language of his […]
Mon BOE mulls school violence concerns
Eddie Campbell Jr. may have stopped just short of saying it, during a meeting of the Monongalia County Board of Education last week. Metal detectors. Campbell is the superintendent of […]
Mon Schools: Masks will stay on (for now) and COVID vaxx for elementary kids begin next week
It’s hard to find an off-ramp when COVID is still behind the wheel. That was the direction the Monongalia County Board of Education took Tuesday night after a parent asked […]
Mon Commission funds swimming program for county’s youth
MORGANTOWN — In 2012, the Aquatic Center at Mylan Park was far from a certainty. It wasn’t a plan or a concept. It was a wish list item. But even […]
Mon Schools: Doses could be given to students aged 5-11 as early as next month
MORGANTOWN — Like a race car at the starting line, revving its engine. That’s how Donna Talerico describes the state of the COVID vaccine in Monongalia County Schools these days. […]
Keeping an even keel: Mon Schools working to maintain in the pandemic
There was the little girl who broke into tears at school one day. She was convinced her grandmother, who was coughing and sniffling with a (medically diagnosed) cold was going […]
